Yes. I'm going to ask a question about skipping breakfast.

There's a difference, I think, in these two questions:

1. Will skipping breakfast help or hurt my efforts to lose weight?
2. Will skipping breakfast help or hurt my efforts to be healthy?

The answer to #1 is pretty much thoroughly shown now to be "whatever works for you". Calories are calories regardless of when you eat them. If you find it easier to stick to your calorie goal with a full breakfast, do it. If you find it easier by skipping breakfast, do it. More power to you.

The answer to #2, I think, is not so clear cut. If you're fasting through breakfast and lunch and then piling on all the calories at dinner, you may lose weight, but will you feel good doing it? Will you be headachy, short-tempered, low-energy and have trouble concentrating all day?

Personally I think there's no hard-fast rule. But there are ways to lose weight in a way that don't mess with your body as much as others. Spreading out my meals more throughout the day, and making sure I eat a decent breakfast in the mornings, is my way of doing that. Even though I'm a night owl.

segacs wrote: »

There's a difference, I think, in these two questions:

1. Will skipping breakfast help or hurt my efforts to lose weight?
2. Will skipping breakfast help or hurt my efforts to be healthy?

The answer to #1 is pretty much thoroughly shown now to be "whatever works for you". Calories are calories regardless of when you eat them. If you find it easier to stick to your calorie goal with a full breakfast, do it. If you find it easier by skipping breakfast, do it. More power to you.

The answer to #2, I think, is not so clear cut. If you're fasting through breakfast and lunch and then piling on all the calories at dinner, you may lose weight, but will you feel good doing it? Will you be headachy, short-tempered, low-energy and have trouble concentrating all day?

Personally I think there's no hard-fast rule. But there are ways to lose weight in a way that don't mess with your body as much as others. Spreading out my meals more throughout the day, and making sure I eat a decent breakfast in the mornings, is my way of doing that. Even though I'm a night owl.

The clear cut answer to #2 is simple. It varies by individual.

Ever since embarking on intermittent fasting, I've never looked back. I find that eating breakfast early on makes me ravenous quickly. The good thing about IF is that it isn't rigid. Only eat when you're truly hungry, and then fit your daily calories within a reasonable, short window. Since we all know that starvation mode is a myth, you don't have to worry about "fuelling" your body every now and then, with frequent meals. All that garbage about kickstarting your metabolism early in the morning? What a load of tosh. Long story short, I'm not advocating IF to you, but just wanted to make the point that there is nothing wrong with skipping breakfast if you don't feel hungry. It won't throw you off your weight loss plan. Do what works best for you!